Typographical machine.



D. S` KENNEDY.

TYPOGRAPEIGAL'MAGHINB.

APPLIOATIO N ILED JAN. 22, i913,

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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Ble-ilmeivn thetg, UAW!) SAKENNEBY, e Citizen: ef' the 'niecl .'States, residing et Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and Siete Gllew York, lieve invented certain, nen7 en@ useful Improvements in'Typographicul Me; "cllines, of which thefellowing is n speeiiew tion, reference beinglhad therein to the aceompenying .drawing lll' lvl/ ly invention relaes (te ypegiephieal ine- Chines, sueas line'type machines of tlieggen.

eral erganization epre's'ented in-Letters lietent ofthe Unizie'd States, No. 436,532, to 0, lllergjenthaler, wherein lcirculating matrices r 1,5l are. releaSedQ/fiein a magazine in ehe onder in and tlien assembleiiin'line, the conipesefl line' transferred to Jche face ofg'a, meld,'ilie mold :filled with mli'en nietelfto ferm, a slug vezllineype ege-insthe matrices which 'piu duce ille type diameters thereon7 and the inaif'ic'es thereafter returned Jcliiougli a. clistributing meelinisni'l to the magazine from which theyfezirtecl'.- More" particularly, it

vided With e. plurzility"offen-te erl sets .of

matrices, any selected .enee which may be .'lereuglit .into folien y"whendesiied", 'anni a vprincipal object of Ehe inveniion is lle abil- 30 Aicy 'insecure/ehe delivery Gif meti'icesfiili one qunfiy iem'ene font, bij inane/,ther quev l -tity from another fn'nuat Will.' "lfetliis end,

,l have specifically illustrated my vvinventien as adapted to two-magazines eeeliequpped 3-5 with escape-ments, and, lieveieimnged lie acf tuacing devices, so that plurlities Of escapemens may be actuated eonJciintly 'thereby in.

enelef the magazines, 01' single eseepemenl'e.

individually in the other magazine. '0i- 40 eourse,the seme principles may be epplieel te ohei 'fo-rms olf-typographical machines, such es type Setters, ltype cesei's,encl alle like, which lienl'e type or dies instead of matrices. A v *45 In my pre'lferiedform, lf lizweillusvtretefl my imfentienfin connection with'meensvfer ieleasing ythe inarices, fof the kind -illusf I reted andl described in the applieatienfor Letters Peil-entof ,vl/illiam lRegei'sfSerial No. 742,797, filed Jennery i8, '1913,' wherein a plurality ef'jeseap'ements may' be actuated by 'lie'opemcion of' a Single key oi` the like. ln the present insieme, Rppli; these means te e machine having two magazines, :uml 5e Wheeein theescepenients of Genres-pending comprised wiiliin nte eel" i.

" vmieles to thisstylemf machine when pfe-v eliannele eine hemd eleinen. eepemens else whereby these lieeine may be leeliel isliis wey, by el elle peels, ein ein key ie Cieli' me@ single elle A eonjni'nly wie i lie other lin e'eeezni. Shown innen. by Way ef exeinple, enel e form of ineenm in eli'ezifljy i' iii will be uelereyeed that and ellemieneniey lie me@ its inode eppliceien, Wliien i, i i.

' Generally' speakin v 'L/" dezfseecl il le l 1; specific inem ei* ein fer es siieel linii'eiene l claims.

eleiziche and breken away, eseepemen, eetueti my invention e. pien View e e. Fig. E lee form Si. ifi/inn view, with die and Fig* 'en lelige View e lie epewiiu A dei'soml ii cublene.' l style pumeees, such ifm: Tunning" ei' olie' merieee uw if? lenclefl spaces, er'c. malintesi Stored in ille magen A, lneii therefrom beingeenz'ellecl by f meule l, which ere actua ed bv ille i m5 cum yal-:es D, cams E, fell. l?, tri. slides lvl. nn key levers J, 1n lle well .mieiseed in the ez-t. As in :al

.uf qm n a iceV n .e im e Le ,.l i l l im ,til ir Lr: X simulteueeuely er enecessivel rfeleeseal .Ne-u

members l, which may be swung laterally:

to engage studs L on adjacent or other slides H; and to effect this movement of the arms or members l, I employ the movable ele ment lvl formed With recesses or notches N toename pins 0 on the arms or members K. lli/Then the 'arms K are in the position indi: cated in Fior. 3, the operation of the key J acts to release successively a pair of matrices from the magazine A. Vlilo far the parts'and their action are' or may be substantially similar to those in the said Rogers application.

ln the present case, I have illustrated the second magazine A as containing the matricas YJ, which are preferably of the ordi-A nary style, and unlike thecompound matricas-stored in the magazine A. The magazine A is provided with a series of escapements il to control the release of the inatrices X therefrom, these escapements being actuated bythe connected levers C2, Which are mounted in posit-ion to be moved by pieces C", projecting from the same reeds C which actuate the escapements B of the magazine e.. lfn other Words, the operation of single key J, would effect the simultaneous actuation of an escapement B of the magazine ifi, and of an escapement B of the magazine A', Were it not for the further devices new to be described. y

Lec-ated in `proximity to the escapements B of the magazine A is a locking device in the form of a rock shaft B, which in one position holds the escapements B against actuation, and -in another position leaves them free to act. The magazine A is provided With a similar rock shaft B', arranged to lock the escapements B thereof or leave them free to act, as desired. The spe-. ciic form and mode of action of these rock' shafts R and R constitute no part oflv my present invention. Similar parts are disclosed in Letters Patent of the United States to George A.. Bates, No. 719,422, wherein the two shafts are provided with connections and operatingr means, so that when one is turned to operative position, the other is moved to inoperative position, that is to say,

- so that when the escapements of one magrazine are locked, those of the other magazine are unlocked.

The operation of my improved devices will now be readily understood. lf it be desired to deliver the compound matrices X from the magazine A. the element M is moved to the position shown in Figs. l and 3, thereby shifting` the arms K to connect the slides H and lll; and the rock shafts R vand it are turned to unlock the escapements nality of channels, this release being'V In order to secure.

.delivery of a matrix X from the magazine B, and to lock the escapementsB. The operation of the key l now ed'ect-s the conjoint and successive delivery of a pair of the coni-` pound matrices X, in the manner already described. lf, however, it be desired to deliver the ordinary matrices X from the magazine A', the element M is `moved to the position indicated in Fig. 4, thereby breaking the connection betvveenthe, slides H and H; and the rock shafts R and R are turned to lock the escapements B and to unlock the escapements B. Theoperation of the same key J now effects the individual A in the usual Way. y

I have qillustrated the adjusting' element M as distinct from and independent of the means for operating the rock shafts B and R, but obviously this element may be connebted'to the said means, so that a single 85 adjustment affects both 'the unlocking,r and locking,r of the escapements, and the'corre Sponding connection and disconnection of the actuatingr slides.

As previously stated, l have shown my invention only in preferred form and by wayof example, and as applied to a particular style of machine, but obviously many .variations and alterations may be made therein, and in its mode of application, Withoutdeparture from its scope. Thus,

the same principles may be adapted to many different uses, and are by no means confined to the specific numbers of magazines or of escapements described; nor to the specific forms of matrices set forth. Moreover, the precise form of the escapemenbactuating,1 devices, and of their connecting means, and of the mechanism for locking the matrices in 'their respective magazines, are in themselves 105 unimportant. Modifications in these and many other respects will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

Havin thus described my invention, its

construction, and mode of operation, What I 11o claim and desire to secure by Letters'latent of-the United States, is as follows:

l. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines for the type or matrices, and means whereby at a ,115

single operation type or matrices may be delivered in one quantity .from one of the magazines or in another quantity from ani other of the magazines, at will.

2. In atypographical machine, the combination of t-Wo magazines for the type or matrices, and means whereby type or matrices may 4be delivered either conjointly from one of the magazines or singly from the other, at will.

3. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality ofmagazines each provided With escapements, common actuating devices therefor, and means whereby the said devices may be adapted to actuate either 13G one number of escapements in one magazine or a different number of eseapen'ients in another magazine, at will.

In a typographical machine, the coinhi nation ot' two magazines each provided With escapements, common actuating devices Lheretor, and means whereby the said devices may be adapted te actnate either plnralities ot escapements conjointly in one of the magazines. or single escapemcnts individually in the other magazine, at will.

in a typographical machine, the combination of a pluralityv of magazines for the type or nlatriccs, each provided with escapements and locking; nieans to hold said escapements ont of action, actuating devices for said eseapements, and means to connect said actuating devices together when the eseapcments of a selected magazine are in action; whereby the type or matrices may he delivered in one quantity from one of the magazines 0r in another quantity from' another ol the magazines, at Will.

ln a typographical machine, the combination of two Amaglmines for the type or matrices, each provided with cscapcn'ientS and locking means to hold said escapements ont ol action, actuatingl devices for said escapemente, and means to connect said ae tnating devices together when the escapemente et a selected magazine are in action; whereby `the type or matrices may be delivered either conjointly from one of the maga- Zines or singly from the other, at Will.

7. in a typographical machine, the combination of a pluralityT of magazines t'or the type. or matrices, de 'iees 1for releasing type or matrices therefrom, and controllingr means whereby at a single operation the type or matricee mav vhe delivered in one quantity vtrom one ot the magazines or in another quantity from another ot the magazines, at will.

8, ln a typographical machine, the combination of two magazines for the type or matrices, devices for releasing type or matrices therefrom, and controlling means whereby the type or matrices may he delivered either conjointly from one ot the magazines or singl'i,T from the other, at will.

ln testiniom7 whereof l atlix my signature in presence et' tivo Witnessi DAVID i S. KENNEBY.

Witnesses Amman TV. F. GUEST, HAROLD A. BUnT. 

